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Chris Law vs Esther McVey

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Chris Law
Chris Law
SNP Dundee Central
vs
Photograph of Esther McVey
Esther McVey
Con Tatton

Voting alignment

Chris Law and Esther McVey voted the same way 7% of the time, based on 794 shared comparable votes.

57 same votes 737 different votes 794 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
3 Aye 2 No
NHS / Health 40% aligned 5 shared votes
0 Aye 5 No
67 Aye 37 No
Tax 24% aligned 104 shared votes
34 Aye 70 No
3 Aye 2 No
Housing 20% aligned 5 shared votes
3 Aye 2 No
17 Aye 20 No
Work / Employment 11% aligned 37 shared votes
18 Aye 19 No
21 Aye 4 No
Digital / Online Safety 8% aligned 25 shared votes
4 Aye 21 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 18 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 51 shared votes
18 Aye 33 No
23 Aye 27 No
Trade 0% aligned 50 shared votes
27 Aye 23 No
13 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 22 shared votes
9 Aye 13 No
8 Aye 12 No
Democracy / Parliament 0% aligned 20 shared votes
12 Aye 8 No
0 Aye 5 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 5 shared votes
5 Aye 0 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

51.5%
21% below average
Rank 619 of 649
Participation
64.7%
8% below average
Rank 522 of 649
1,223
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,373
2,121 eligible divisions
674
55.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
630
45.9% of votes cast
549
44.9% of votes cast
No votes
743
54.1% of votes cast
1
0.1% of votes cast
Against party
54
3.9% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
9 years, 3 months
Since 8 Jun 2017

Debates

57
-24.8 vs Commons average
Rank 391 of 649
Appearances
108
+26.2 vs Commons average
Rank 140 of 649
64
-78.5 vs Commons average
Rank 457 of 649
Contributions
159
+16.5 vs Commons average
Rank 179 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,467,498
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,413,915
all imported IPSA years
£345,624
53% above average
Latest expenses
£295,931
31% above average
8
4 registered categories
Registered interests
7
3 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
1
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
196 of 211 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
62 of 69 votes
Foreign Affairs
57 of 69 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
164 of 188 votes
Migration
138 of 171 votes
#3
Digital / Online Safety
39 of 49 votes
Democracy / Parliament
37 of 47 votes
#4
Trade
68 of 87 votes
Trade
61 of 91 votes
#5
Transport
67 of 88 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 19 14 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Public Office (Accountability) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 199 14 Jul 2026
Aye
Aye
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on Amendments 88C, 88E to 88P, 88R, 88S and 88W, and propose Amendments (a) to (j) in lieu of Amendments 88A, 88T, 88U and 88V 28 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
Aye
Pension Schemes Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 15 to 24, 27, 30 to 34, 36, 38 to 42, 83 and 88, insist on its Amendments 88A, 88C and 88E to 88P and propose Amendments (a) to (f) 27 Apr 2026
Benefits
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 2 Mar 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Privilege 28 Apr 2026
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: New Clause 11 11 Mar 2026
Tax
Aye
No
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill: Third Reading 21 Jan 2026
Tax
No
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill Committee: Amendment 5 21 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 25 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
Aye
Finance (No. 2) Bill Committee: New Clause 24 13 Jan 2026
Tax
Aye
No
Budget Resolution No. 64: Rates of alcohol duty 2 Dec 2025
Tax
No
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